![]() The story took the paranoia associated with McCarthyism and how it would affect the costumed heroes. In the story, Batman changes it after frightening a child he was trying to help, rather than the criminals he wants to scare. It was easy enough with Legacy Characters like Green Lantern, but Batman went from a dark and menacing figure who wore grey and black into someone more kid-friendly with blue and yellow highlights. Part of this experiment was Cooke trying to figure out a reason why various characters changed in the switch between The Golden Age of Comic Books and The Silver Age of Comic Books. The plotline is broad-ranging, featuring dozens of characters in the DC Universe including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Martian Manhunter, and many more. Even the art work itself is very similar to comics of that era, with only the layout being modernized. ![]() Instead of reimagining the classic superheroes as they would be today, Cooke created a story firmly set in the 1950s and took the superheroes as they were in The Golden Age of Comic Books and made them believable. ![]() A comic book series written and drawn by Darwyn Cooke, later adapted as an animated film. ![]()
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